- Was once a roommate of Adam Sandler.
- Before he was famous, he asked his comedy hero, Steve Martin, for his autograph, but Martin refused (he didn't give autographs at his home). Afterwords, Apatow wrote him a nasty letter with some nicely placed profanity. In response, Martin sent him a copy of his book, "Cruel Shoes." The inscription read: "Sorry, I didn't realize I was speaking to THE Judd Apatow".
- Discovered Seth Rogen.
- His first job was as a dishwasher in a comedy club, which he took so that he could meet stand-up comics.
- While in high school, he started a radio show on the campus station. The show gave him an excuse to seek out and interview comedians such as Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno and Garry Shandling. Several years later, Shandling would hire him to write for The Larry Sanders Show (1992).
- His favorite comedy film is Young Frankenstein (1974).
- Came to Hollywood at 17.
- Judd landed his first major celebrity interview at age 15 with Jerry Seinfeld where he used a boombox as his interview recording device. Then again at age 46, he interviewed Seinfeld for the second time when he was able to ask him how everything had gone with his career in the intervening 30 years.
- Discovered Jay Baruchel.
- 2007 - Ranked #1 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood.
- His number-one idol is Steve Martin.
- Stated on Late Show with David Letterman (1993) that he and actor Adam Sandler were roommates during Sandler's stint on Saturday Night Live (1975).
- When he won an award for The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) at the 10th Broadcast Film Critic Awards he stated Garry Shandling taught him how to write.
- His maternal grandmother, Molly Shad, appeared in This Is 40 (2012), playing the grandmother of Paul Rudd's character.
- Brokeback Mountain (2005) is amongst his favorite films.
- He is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent (from Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus).
- Judd's grandfather was Bob Shad, a famous music producer and record label owner in the 1940s - 1960s.
- Claimed on his Myspace that his influences are Hal Ashby, Garry Shandling, Cameron Crowe, James L. Brooks, David Chase and John Cassavetes.
- One of 105 people invited to join AMPAS in 2008.
- Along with Bob Odenkirk, Apatow co-wrote William Shatner's famous "Get a Life!" sketch from the William Shatner/Lone Justice (1986) episode of Saturday Night Live (1975) in 1986.
- The daughter of a record executive, his mother drove a red corvette in high school.
- Judd's grandparents on his father, Maury's side owned a pharmacy.
- Discovered Jerome Elston Scott.
- Judd's mother, Tami, attended the same high school and was good friends with Marilyn Berliner who is the aunt of Shane Stanley.
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